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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
4
A fragmented item notes Fenwick & Co salesmen reporting an inal date of the 16th and promises first class seer and painting by Franks. It mentions phone contact and a sales push for writing and painting and signaling prompt service. The rest references cattle yarding and market activity with brief notes on sheep and cattle totals and a railway traffic manager appointment in Cairns.
Public Works Commission insights trace rail losses to poor road links in agricultural districts. Atherton and surrounding areas suffer as farmers cannot profitably move produce to rail lines, with road costs per mile cited at 2000. State action urged to match Victoria and NSW road programs to unlock land and bolster rail viability. Upside-down Wright advertised at Cairns Theatre.
Local notices list a household furniture auction by Mr C Woodwan at Aplin Street Cairns, poultry bargains by Mr Macrae on Marecha, and about twenty draught horses for private sale at Woree Race Course. Also ads for a Cairns tailor interview at Imperial Hotel, shipping news on SS Trilla trade space, and a Cairns court case over alcohol sales. Obituary notes Mr A L Robertson of Cairns died in Sydney aged 58 with family left behind.
Mowsehold Drapery advertises wholesale prices on calicoes sheetings and Irish rapery noting stock remains secure despite big rises. Mayers Ltd invites comparisons and claims unbeatable values in Australia. Wrest at the Cairns Theatre to-night with Macleay Dili whisky featured as part of festivities.
The Women's Hospital Guild meets at 4 p.m. today. Details mention the venue in the Green Chombies at 4 p.m. tomorrow as well.
Lance-Corporal Hob Donald MLM returns by the Kuranda to Cairns en route to his parents at The Laura Cooktown after 1 years on active service. He fought at Mulecourt Messines Somme and Villers Bretomneux earning the Military Medal. his brother W K Donald is shire clerk at Irvinebank and another brother fell in action.
War Loan figures show Peeramon with a total of 12 50 plus 3000 attributed to Eacharn and Kareena in the Shire. The Cairns Theatre hosts Wright tonight with a 40 feet slide act and caution urged for fragile props. Local voice with pride in regional totals emerges amid unrelated street remarks.
Brisbane reports Premier and ministers debating Haughton River line feasibility and a Yarraman to Nanango proposal. An Electrical Bill to lower voting age from 21 to 18 is introduced, with delays for federal guidance. Dairy produce regulation discussed. cheese pricing methods debated. committee considerations noted.
The readable text mentions Hazel Tailor and Mercer, op. State Babinda and Mecleay with several unclear phrases. It references boots, weather, and a match, but no coherent event or clear action is described.
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